The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-04-07
Mount Pleasant Items.


From my communication q short time ago
which appeared in the vIRGINIAN, some of
your readers might have the curiosity TO know
what kind of place Mount Pleasant is. 1t is no
village, postoffice. mill, or shop, but large
round mount which oYerlooks the surrounding
hills, iales. and beautiful and fertile bottom
lands of the Middle River, which winds its ser
pentine course by the base or the mount AT
this place an estimable gentleman, Mr.. George
Dunlap, put up eighteen or twenty months ago
a suspen sion foot bridge, which was great &C
scommodatlon for footmen of this neighbor-
hood We needed a bridge badly, often having
occasion to go to your burg on business, and it
was with difficulty we could cross the river.
Almost every thing seems to be starting on
the boom at present, never saw as many no.
tees STUCK up of candidates for oftilce before.
You mad nearly al the store and postofhce doors
covered with cards. can't see how they will
all get INTO Office, yet guess they all expect to
be elected.
we see many ofthe farmers preparing to put
out a large acreage of corn, some fixing to build,
SO it looks as if everything is scratching up Out
of the ashes and beginning to shake Off the dust
which has 80 thickly accumulated during these
three years of struggle of hard times. We hote
this shaking among the dry bones of the valley
is an indication of better times ahead.
Messrs. Robert and Taylor Dunlap are having
sawed on their premises great deal of lumber
for their own use In building, and to furnish
lumber to other parties. Mr.. Houdashell is do
ing the sawing W.th his lnill driven by his bran
new sixteen horse power portable engine
Mr.. Watson Sheets ana Jacob Berry have
rented of Mr.. Robert Dunlap his large farm and
are preparing the ground to put out large crop
of oats and corn. Tney are two stirring fellows.
Parson Walker has rented a portion of his
farm to Mr. Dick Dudley and Peachy Propes--
not a copartnership but different contracts.
They also are making calculations for getting
out large crops this spring,
Mr.. John Melton is getting lumber ready to
put himself up dwelling on a small tract OF
land which he recently purchased of Mr. Viii
son.
Mr.. Altman is hauli stones to build pebble
house.
Mr.. Jacob Huffer has been confined to his
| room ever since New Year with a lame leg he
has had FOR several years, which he has been
bled more with this winter than usually
Ine Old gentleman had hopes that AS the wealth
| 81 opened up for spring he might get out but he
| is not able yet to hobbie around any. He al
| wa,s was a man OF great ambition, one wht
was always driving at something. and not much
| in the house, yet he bears very patiently his
affiiction. We sympathize with him.
| The Rev. Mr.. Bitter, of the Presbyterian
Church, Just closed a weeks meeting at the
| Union Church. Ofthe result of his labors while
there am not able to write
On the 3Oth Instant near Parnassus, the ma
chine shop of Mr. AL Whitmore caught fire
| from the siaokestaek of the engine Wn1le saw
| ing. The alarm of fire was soon raised by some
| of Mr. Within ,re's neighbors, and Squire Peale
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